Marmarium(74 words)
[German version]
(Μαρμάριον/Marmárion). Harbour on the SW coast of Euboea, which probably had the purpose of handling the marble from the quarries of Carystus [1]; today's Marmara where, near the chapel of St. Nikolaos, the building elements of a sanctuary of Apollo Marmarios are located. References: Str. 10,1,6; Steph. Byz. s.v. M.; Nonn. Dion. 13,164; Eust. Ilia 281,4.
Kalcyk, Hansjörg (Petershausen)
Bibliography
F. Geyer, Topographie und Geschichte der Insel Euboia, 1, 1903, 106.
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Kalcyk, Hansjörg (Petershausen),
“Marmarium”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 23 January 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e724680>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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